Strong's G5466: Χαλδαῖος (Chaldaîos) Meaning

Quick Definition

Χαλδαῖος, ου, ὁ n.m. a Chaldean

Strong's Definition

a Chaldæan (i.e. Kasdi), or native or the region of the lower Euphrates

Derivation: probably of Hebrew or (H03778);

KJV Usage: Chaldæan

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Χαλδαῖος (G5466)

noun-name, m. | -ου

93.610 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

a Chaldean (derivative of Χαλδαία ‘Chaldea,’ not occurring in the NT) a person who is a native of Chaldea

ACT 7:4

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Χαλδαῖος, Χαλδαίου, ὁ, a Chaldaean; γῆ Χαλδαίων the land of the Chaldaeans, Chaldaea: Act_7:4, where a reference to Gen_11:28; Gen_11:31 and seems to show that southern Armenia is referred to. The different opinions of other interpreters are reviewed by Dillmann on Genesis (3te Aufl.), p. 223f; (cf. Schrader in Riehm under the word; Sayce in Encycl. Brit., under the word Babylonia).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Χαλδαῖος Chaldaios 1x

a Chaldean, a native of Chaldea, a country of central Asia, which seems to have included Mesopotamia, Acts 7:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Χαλδαῖος, -ου, ὁ a Chaldæan: γῆ Χαλδαίων, Ac 7:4.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Χαλδαῖος (Chaldaios) — Chaldean. χαλδ-αῖος, ὁ, Chaldaean, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. astrologer, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (since the Chaldaeans were given to astrology,[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Χαλδαία (i.e. γῆ), ἡ, Chaldaea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— Χαλδαϊκός, ή, όν, Chaldaean, γράμματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἱστορίαι, title of work by Berosus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; μέθοδος, i.e. astrology, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] see entry {Χαλδαϊκοῖς}: comparative -ώτερος[Refs] adverb -κῶς[Refs]— Χαλδαϊστί, adverb in the Chaldaean language, [LXX+1st c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Χαλδαῖος, -ου, ὁ a Chaldæan: γῆ Χαλδαίων, Act.7:4.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

7:4

G5466 Χαλδαῖος (Chaldaîos)